Sebastian Schmidt (rower)

Sebastian Mathias Schmidt ( born January 6, 1985 in Wiesbaden- Dotzheim ) is a former German sweep rowers. He was a member of the 2009 and 2010 Germany rowing eight which won the World Championships.

Sports career

Sebastian Schmidt began with school rowing in Wiesbaden, but starts long for Mainz Rowing Club from 1878. 2003 he was in four German youth champion and took second place in the eighth in racing community. A year later he was two-time German champion in the range U23 because it with a few seconds ahead reached the target in both the pairs without coxswain and in the eighth. He therefore sat in eighth in the Nations Cup in Poznan, where he also won. In 2005 he was again German champion U23 in the eighth, but gained only a fourth place at the Nations Cup. 2006, there was enough in the aft only for a silver medal at the German Championships U23, together with Kristof Wilke in twos without it he won both the German title for his age group, as well as the U23 World Championships in Hazewinkel (Belgium ). Schmidt remained in 2007 in two and tried successfully in four: After a German title in two genera of the boat four gold at the U23 World Championships in Strathclyde and won silver at the European Championships in Poznan. However, in the same year he got back in the eighth, who won the E.ON Hanse Cup. The Olympic 2008 but did not start successfully: Fourth place at the FISA World Cup in Munich, fifth at the World Rowing World Cup in Lucerne and at least a second place at the FISA World Cup in Poznan. Far behind but during the Olympics, the late composite Germany aft finished last in both the forward and in the B-final. Schmidt had to take a leave of absence for the training effort. He studied medicine at the Ruhr- University Bochum, Germany as the base of the rowing eight in Dortmund.

After extensive modification measures the aft, however, was unbeaten five years, winning the E.ON Hanse Cup in 2008 and 2009, the FISA World Cup in Lucerne in 2009 and 2010 and Munich in 2010, and at the famous Henley Royal Regatta. World champion in eight 2009 and 2010, as the European Champion title in 2010. Schmidt was long hitter this success Boots. However, from 2011, he was back in the quad and finished, apart from winning the FISA World Cup in Hamburg, no medal places. The Olympic 2012 brought him to continue in the four, even a ninth place. After missing placements with domestic races to qualify Schmidt started in the Olympic Games in London in four, finishing in sixth place.

Schmidt ended his active career in February 2014.

International success

  • 2004: 1st place in the aft ( U23 World Cup )
  • 2005: 4th place in the aft ( U23 World Cup )
  • 2006: 1st place in two without ( U23 World Cup )
  • 2007: 1st place in the four without ( U23 World Cup )
  • 2007: 2nd place in four without ( European Championship )
  • 2009: 1st place in the aft (World Championships )
  • 2010: 1st place in the aft ( World and European Championships )
  • 2011: 5th place in four without ( World Championship )
  • 2012: 6th place in four (Olympic Games)
Eight (rowing) 2009 World Rowing Championships 2010 World Rowing Championships Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Horst Meyer Klaus Behrens Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck Thomas Ahrens Dirk Schreyer Lutz Ulbricht Rolf Jobst Dietrich Zander Reinhard Gust Eckhard Martens Dieter Wendisch Friedrich-Wilhelm Ulrich Werner Klatt Roland Kostulski Klaus-Dieter Ludwig Ulrich Kons Wolfgang Gunkel James Tomkins (rower) Ansgar Wessling Roland Baar Manfred Klein Matthias Ungemach Armin Weyrauch Peter Thiede James Koven Detlef Kirchhoff Marc Weber (rower) Kevin Light Ben Rutledge Kyle Hamilton Adam Kreek Brian Price (rower) Sebastian Schulte Thorsten Engelmann Bernd Heidicker Andrew Byrnes Malcolm Howard (rower) Gregor Hauffe Florian Mennigen Richard Schmidt (rower) Filip Adamski Toni Seifert Martin Sauer Maximilian Reinelt Andreas Kuffner (rower) Eric Johannesen Alex Gregory Pete Reed
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